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...you may ever see so getting drunk is not an option. Don’t be nervous though – millions of people travel on the Tube every day without any problems. ** There is a general etiquette to follow when travelling by Tube which makes life a little easier. When walking along corridors it is expected that passengers stick to the left-hand side – this ensures an even flow of traffic either way. When on escalators, you are requested to stick ... Read review

Advantages: Fast, Cheap, Easy, Efficent,
Disadvantages: Busy Times, Can cause problems in the summer due to high temperatures or too much people,

...thing to a car is getting around London in a tube a.k.a The London Underground!! I usually travel around London in the tube or sometimes using the railway. Which ever one both services are absolutely great. OK, let me start the opinion. I do not want to talk ages about my life. --~What is the tube?~-- The tube is basically a system of transport which runs throughout the outskirts of London. The tube consists of trains which travel to most ... Read review

Advantages: Very fast and efficient
Disadvantages: Bit stuffy and not very nice to travle at rush hour!

If you’re anything like me then you’ll have experienced the frightened rabbit situation when using the London underground, all hustle and bustle and too many people trying to get onto a tube train. I encountered frightened rabbit syndrome when I first travelled the London underground…alone. In the past I’d always needed my hand to be held whilst I’d get lead from one platform to another by my tube-wise friend and I ... Read review

Advantages: One of the most comprehensive metros in the world
Disadvantages: Being the first means it's now knackered

...a means to an end, getting very grumpy when it doesn’t work. I just thought I’d put a few bits of trivia together, hopefully to make it all the more bearable, and explain why things are the way they are. London’s Underground lines can really be split into two main types (no, not the ones that work and the ones that don’t). Firstly you have what could be called genuine “tube” lines, the likes of the Piccadilly, ... Read review

Advantages: great way to get around London
Disadvantages: all the people

The tube is a great way to get around London and is generally a safe place, but having been a regular tube user over the past few years I’ve picked up a few ways to make navigating the tube a bit easier and possibly a bit safer. Most importantly always carry your wallet or purse in front of you even when sitting on a tube train, e.g. in an inside front jacket pocket instead of in a bag. Keep your ticket separate from your wallet. If someone ... Read review

Advantages: quick and easy access around London
Disadvantages: Can be too packed and too hot

Everyone will of heard of the tube, even you Northerners of ciao. The tube network is one of the most popular and regular used services for access around London. As London is such as big community and the roads are always congested it makes sense to use the tube to avoid the congestion in the mornings. The tube is mainly used for people travelling to and from school or work during the week and for shoppers to the capital on the weekends. The ... Read review

Advantages: Free money
Disadvantages: Have to be delayed for at least 15 minutes

...I am looking forward to getting £30 off my next travel card (as it stands at the moment). ... Read review

Advantages: Advantage of ordering ticket online - numerous, saves time, patience and sanity
Disadvantages: of the tube? Ha! too small a space to answer this.

For more years than I can remember I have had to trek across London and as bad as the tube is its in general faster than the bus, even if you live on a direct route to your destination it still goes via every road in London to get to its destination. I bought property 7 years ago on the central line as it was the best line and the Northerm was the worst, hmmm...well things change - boy do they!! Now the central line is one of the worst. Anyway ... Read review

Advantages: Environmentally-friendly way to get around. Cheap, avoid the traffic. Free Metro newspaper.
Disadvantages: Crowded!

...if I were you.. Ways of getting in to and around London~~ Whenever I go to London I always go by tube, when I go in with my friends and when I go in with my parents. To me it's the only way to go, I hope this opinion explains why clearly. Going into London by car is not nice, the driver gets stressed with all the traffic and stressed with trying to find a car parking space. And when you do find a space you will be most likely horrified at ... Read review

Advantages: Haha
Disadvantages: Expensive, delays, old, delays, did I mention delays?

...dreamy haze, you spot someone getting off the train, freeing up a seat. You manoeuvre slowly towards it, only for some hyperactive bastard boarding the train having spotted the seat from the outside to jump into it as though it were the front of the 'Get Britney's Virginity Here' queue. This is only half the problem, as then you meander around for three seconds looking like a walking advert for Red Nose Day and pretending that you didn't really want ... Read review

Advantages: Free Metro paper.
Disadvantages: Have you not read this man?

...alighting at). But… all those getting off the train travel up the single person width footbridge… so those needing to get down it to the platform can’t. By the time the gran with the prosthetic leg manages to get onto the correct platform the train has already departed. I have unfortunately been involved in this little sequence of events many a time. Add rush hour, weekends, rude foreigners that don’t seem to realise that in ... Read review

Advantages: Extensive network
Disadvantages: Expensive, unreliable and dirty

...I could be sure of getting home. And the NY system is cheaper too, not to mention cleaner (marginally). Okay. Enough wibbling. Here are my tips, as a lifelong Londoner, for getting the best out of the tube system if you're a casual visitor (if you're a resident, you know as much as I do already) 1: Buy a travel card. You only have to make two trips for it to start paying off, and it saves having to queue/suss ticket machines/find change every ... Read review